Sunday, September 27, 2026 - 1:00pm
The Square at Rockville Town Center
Save the date: We’ll be back in Rockville for the 2nd Montgomery County Family Bike Fest on Sunday, September 27th.
We hope you can join us for a celebration of biking for people of all ages, to learn about safety best practices, and to test ride bikes!
By registering for this event you agree to follow WABA's Code of Conduct.
Montgomery County's piecemeal approach to building bike infrastructure is not aligned with its stated climate, safety, and equity goals,
In 2021, WABA assembled a proposal that prioritized projects in the county's existing (and laudabe!) Bicycle Master Plan within county-designates Equity Focus Areas. You can read the report here. With around $110 million, the County could build all of the Tier 1 bikeway projects in most of the equity emphasis areas in the County. This dollar amount spread over the FY 23-28 six year capital budget period is consistent with current commitments to biking and walking
Complete Streets are streets designed to accommodate all users, and that prioritize historically underinvested modes of transportation like transit, walking, and biking. An incomplete street might lack adequate sidewalks, low-stress bike infrastructure, or safe and comfortable access to transit.
Effective Complete Streets policies change the way a jurisdiction plans and builds transportation infrastructure—sidewalks, low stress bike infrastructure, and transit should be included in any new or rebuilt street by default, rather than as an add-on when there's space or demand.
While most regional jurisdictions have a Complete Streets policy of some sort, they lack teeth and permit transportation departments to continue to build streets that put cars first and squeeze other modes into the margins.
WABA runs a variety of outreach programs that create opportunities for people across the region to join the bicycling community.
WABA fights for a region where biking, walking and transit are the best ways to get around.
We educate policymakers and organize grassroots advocates for to speak up for safer places to bike and walk; and for laws and policies that protect people who are walking and biking, reduce dangerous driving, and facilitate changes to the built environment.